Fatima Abdullayeva
Baku
Summary
IT Recruitment Professional with 5+ years of experience in talent acquisition, focusing on C-level IT roles and business positions. As a people partner, prioritize stakeholder needs and build strong relationships. collaborate with universities to create bursaries, organize hackathons, and run employability programs, connecting talented students with industry opportunities.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Regional HR&TA Expert (LATAM, Western Europe)
Intellectsoft
07.2024 - 05.2025
- End-to-end recruitment for diverse positions—software engineering, DevOps, database, cybersecurity, and corporate functions—hiring from entry-level to C-suite
- Develop and implement recruitment strategies tailored to regional needs, effectively sourcing and attracting top talent across diverse markets.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align HR initiatives with business goals, ensuring a cohesive approach to talent management.
- Act as a people partner, conducting regular one-on-one meetings with employees to foster engagement and address concerns.
Technical Recruiter
DevTech
10.2022 - 03.2024
- Successfully closed top critical positions in the Tech industry, ensuring the placement of highly qualified candidates in key roles.
- Strategically sourced and recruited candidates for senior and specialized technical roles.
Senior IT Recruiter
Techbiz-Global
06.2022 - 03.2024
- Optimized recruitment processes to improve efficiency.
- Expertly negotiated salary requirements and finalized arrangements between client and candidate.
- Registered new candidates, developing wide-ranging database to meet client recruitment needs.
- Finding new resources and strategies for discovering qualified candidates to be reached in the shortest amount of time;
IT Talent Acquisition Specialist
International Bank of Azerbaijan
09.2022 - 05.2023
- Successfully placed 14-18 candidates/month in long-term roles, exceeding company onboarding targets before the deadlines.
- Experience in filling technical positions of different levels (from Junior to Lead/Architect/Head/Director/VP) and specializations (Front-end, Back-end, Mobile, Design, DevOps, Big Data, Network Engineering, QA, BA, SAP, Help Desk, IT Support, Marketing and Influence Marketing, Sales, etc)
- Attracted top candidates using social media networking.
- Managed reference checks to verify candidate quality.
- Advised on contract and salary obligations to meet business and employee requirements.
HR Manager
Ministry of Youth ans Sport
01.2022 - 09.2022
- Served as senior point of contact for Employee Relations matters.
- Led full-cycle recruitment efforts, utilizing advanced sourcing techniques (boolean, x-ray, LinkedIn Recruiter) to identify top talent;
- Conducted competency-based interviews, tracked candidates, and facilitated all recruitment processes, including preparing job offers and contracts;
- Managed HR duties, including onboarding new employees, organizing business trips;
- Performed exit interviews, gaining useful insights to improve employee retention rates, aligning recruitment strategy with company values and development competencies.
IT Recruiter
The Scale Up
03.2020 - 06.2022
- Partnering with managers to scope positions and review comparable market roles;
- Searching for candidates using various sources and tools, selecting online/offline channels to create candidate funnels;
- Interviewing candidates, providing feedback, and building the relationship;
- Development of a candidate selection strategy
Education
Master of Business Administration - HR & Management
The Academy of Public Administration
Baku05-2021
Bachelor of Business Administration - Economics
Baku State University
Baku, Azerbaijan05-2019
Master - HR & Management
HR & Management School
Skills
- Performing Full Life Cycle Recruitment
- Strong networking and communication skills
- Proactive, initiative, creative and engaged
- Applicant Tracking Systems (Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, EasyHire, Recruitee, Personio)
- Sourcing platforms: LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Waalaxy, Duxsoup,
- Boolean search & X-ray sourcing
- CRM & HRIS systems (SAP, Deel)
- Job boards: Indeed, Workua, Djinnico, Douua, Jobsearchaz, Glassdoor, Dice
Certification
- AIHR | Workplace Health & Wellbeing
- AIHR | Business Partnering
- AIHR | Strategic Talent Acquisition
- AIHR | Talent Management
- AIHR | People Analytics
- AIHR | Employee Relations
- McKinsey Forward Program
- IELTS, score 7.0 - April 2025
Languages
English
Fluent
Russian
Native
Azerbaijani
Native
Turkish
Fluent
Timeline
Regional HR&TA Expert (LATAM, Western Europe)
Intellectsoft
07.2024 - 05.2025
Technical Recruiter
DevTech
10.2022 - 03.2024
IT Talent Acquisition Specialist
International Bank of Azerbaijan
09.2022 - 05.2023
Senior IT Recruiter
Techbiz-Global
06.2022 - 03.2024
HR Manager
Ministry of Youth ans Sport
01.2022 - 09.2022
IT Recruiter
The Scale Up
03.2020 - 06.2022
Master of Business Administration - HR & Management
The Academy of Public Administration
Bachelor of Business Administration - Economics
Baku State University
Master - HR & Management
HR & Management School
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